(statement from Clinton County Sheriff’s Office) – On March 16, 2022 at approximately 4:54 P.M., deputies from the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the 4100 Block of Highway 136 in reference to a two vehicle accident.
Based on preliminary investigations, a vehicle traveling west bound on Highway 136, collided head on with a vehicle traveling east bound on Highway 136. As a result of the collision, the driver and two passengers in the vehicle traveling east bound died. One passenger in the east bound vehicle was transported to Mercy One Emergency Room and was later airlifted to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The driver of the west bound vehicle also sustained fatal injuries. The identities of the deceased are being withheld, pending proper notification of family. The accident remains under investigation by the Clinton County Sheriffs Office and the Iowa State Patrol. The Clinton County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Iowa State Patrol, Andover Fire Department, Goose Lake Fire Department, Clinton Fire Department, Charlotte Fire
Department, Clinton County Medical Examiner’s Office, Iowa Department of Transportation- Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement and Med-Force Air Ambulance.
Iowa State Patrol crash report
